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1. (adj.) rueful
feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or regret:
a rueful admission.
2. rueful
causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable.
Etymology: (1175–1225)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) rueful
causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful
2. (adj) rueful
expressing sorrow
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Sense: regretful; sorrowful.
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 Afrikaans: jammerlik |
 Arabic: حَزين ، نادِم، آسف |
 Bulgarian: печален |
 Brazilian: lastimável / deplorável |
 Czech: žalostný |
 German: kläglich |
 Danish: bedrøvelig |
 Greek: θλιμμένος, μετανιωμένος |
 Spanish: afligido, apenado |
 Estonian: kurb |
 Farsi: پشیمان؛ نادم |
 Finnish: apea |
 French: lugubre |
 Hebrew: מצטער |
 Hindi: उदास |
 Croatian: žalostan, potišten |
 Hungarian: bánatos |
 Indonesian: penuh penyesalan |
 Icelandic: sorgmæddur, mæðulegur |
 Italian: addolorato, afflitto |
 Japanese: 悔やんでいる |
 Korean: 가엾은 |
 Lithuanian: gailus |
 Latvian: nožēlas pilns; bēdīgs |
 Malay: menyesal |
 Dutch: berouwvol |
 Norwegian: bedrøvelig |
 Polish: smutny |
 Persian: پشیمان؛ نادم |
 Pashto: پښیمانی، خواشینی |
 Portuguese: pesaroso |
 Romanian: trist; mâhnit |
 Russian: печальный |
 Slovak: žalostný |
 Slovenian: skrušen |
 Serbian: žalostan |
 Swedish: bedrövad |
 Thai: เสียใจ |
 Turkish: pişman |
 Taiwanese: 悔恨的 |
 Ukrainian: сумний; жалісний |
 Urdu: افسوسناک |
 Vietnamese: đáng thương; buồn rầu |
 Chinese: 悔恨的 |
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